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Thursday 11 June 2026
UOW celebrates the life of former Vice-Chancellor Ken McKinnon AO
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Children need protection from harmful junk food marketing: report
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Do Wi-Fi and mobile phones really cause cancer? Experts respond
On 16 February, Catalyst aired an episode on the ABC titled 鈥淲i-Fried鈥�, hosted by Dr Maryanne Demasi, claiming that radiation from mobile phones and Wi-Fi may constitute a brain cancer risk. The Conversation聽invited experts who have conducted research into this area to respond to the claims made in the programme.
China research collaboration a breath of fresh air
UOW engineering ingenuity is helping Chinese industrial manufacturers tackle the country鈥檚 massive pollution problem.
Future leaders make top awards list
Graduating students from UOW are strongly represented on a 鈥楾op 100 Future Leaders Awards鈥� list just released through The Australian Financial Review.
UOW Executive Dean judges Blake Prize winner
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, Professor Amanda Lawson, was an invited member of this year鈥檚 judging committee for the well-known Blake Prize for Religious Art.
What keeps physicists awake at night: ripples in space and keeping students out of black holes
Physics researchers the world over are in raptures after Albert Einstein鈥檚 99-year-old prediction was recently confirmed.聽
Pioneering a new field of biomedical research to better understand neurodegenerative diseases
Scientists at UOW are using novel tools derived from Earth sciences to better understand the role of metals in the development of neurodegenerative diseases including MND and Alzheimer鈥檚.聽